Festival and Events Management: an international perspective is a unique text looking at the central role of events management in the cultural, tourism and arts industries. With international contributions from industry and academia, the text looks at the following: * Events & cultural environments * Managing the arts & leisure experience * Marketing, policies and strategies of art and leisure management Chapters include exercises, and additional teaching materials and solutions to questions are provided as part of an accompanying online resource.* Provides practical applications, models and illustrations of the event management operation from a variety of international perspectives* Demonstrates how to manage and market the arts and leisure experience* International case studies from Europe, New Zealand, Australia and USA